PLG 800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Begging, Ad Hominem
18 Jan 2017
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Introduction
The challenge
• Public awareness and acknowledgement of the practice and profession of planning
• With greater recognition and understanding of the realm of practice comes greater
public scrutiny of the conduct of members of the profession
• Members of the public and governments have shown an increasing skepticism towards
professional groupings and their abilities to assure high standards of practice among
their members
Professions
• Characterized by specific attributes
o Responsibility acknowledging a special duty to society
o Expertise described by the body of knowledge they possess
o Vocational ethic making explicit the values, principles and obligations that form
the foundation of the profession, inform the realm of practice and establish the
expected standards of practice and integrity
o Demonstrate the capacity and willingness to monitor the conduct and standard
of competent practice of members and respond appropriately when the public
interest is not being adequately protected
o Integrity expressed as the unconditional and steadfast commitment to principled
approach to meeting their obligations while being responsible and accountable
for your actions
o Forms the basis of the trust relationship between a client and practitioner, the
public and members of the profession and among professional colleagues
Integrity
• Being a person of integrity calls for honestly, the avoidance of deception, and adhere to
high ethical standards
• Integrity insists that your actions can be consistent with established codes of conduct
and institutional values and principles
• It specifically requires transparency in actions, speaking and acting with honesty and
candor, the pursuit of truth regardless of personal consequence and dedication to
fairness and justice
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Document Summary
Integrity: being a person of integrity calls for honestly, the avoidance of deception, and adhere to high ethical standards. Integrity insists that your actions can be consistent with established codes of conduct and institutional values and principles. It specifically requires transparency in actions, speaking and acting with honesty and candor, the pursuit of truth regardless of personal consequence and dedication to fairness and justice. Its (cid:374)ot just the e(cid:374)ds that (cid:373)atte(cid:396) it"s the (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s of getti(cid:374)g the(cid:396)e. P1 planner is charges with undertaking a housing study and making recommendations for action. P2 during analysis, planner identifies a need for appropriate and affordable housing for seniors. P3 during analysis, planner identified surplus elementary school inventory which may be efficiently converted into seniors housing. P4 during analysis planners identifies a future growth in number of school age children which will increase demand for school space. P5 planner concludes that school space will not be required for 5-6 years.
